Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I refer to the appropriations in aid. There is an express train of bad news coming down the line. It is the EU budget whereby they would like to spend more on arms than on rural development. The contribution will obviously be down because the British intend pulling out of the European Union and they are massive contributors in cash. I was wondering what effect this will have on the rural development programmes that relate to outside the farm gate as opposed to the rural development programmes that relate to inside the farm gate. Will the Government be willing to make up the shortfall out of its own resources because it will have a big impact on it with the way it is shaping up. I do not see the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine ringing the Minister up and asking him if he is sure he has enough. The Minister might outline his thoughts on that.